Indonesia targets pulpwood, palm oil firms in civil suits over 2019 fires

Mongabay
Feb 14, 2020, 10:35 am227 pts
JAKARTA — The Indonesian government is planning to sue five companies, and possibly up to 16, over the fires that burned on their concessions last year. But recent cases indicate it will have a hard time getting any of the companies to pay up. The 2019 fire season was the worst in four years, razing nearly…

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